resin

Attention over time

7-day rolling share of analyzed posts/comments mentioning this entity · 90 daily points ending 2026-10-16

Final complete day: 2026-10-16. Attention was 1.3% — this entity appeared in 163 of 12,303 analyzed posts/comments in the seven days ending that day (296 mentions).

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Recent mentions

1. 2026-10-16 22:00 UTCComment

   started with fdm went through two machines before I decided I wanted a resin.

2. 2026-10-16 21:46 UTCComment

   It's honestly less about the resin and more about the IPA solvent. You can find lower VOC resins that are ok-ish to work with, but there's no masking IPA and it's also highly volatile/flammable. The printer appears to just push everything through a carbon filter lattice, which is nice, but is no substitute for actual ventilation.

3. 2026-10-16 20:49 UTCComment

   a little bit of epoxy or UV resistant clear coat, glossy mod podge even works pretty well. if you can print it hollow with only 1-2 walls and get some of the resin inside as well. UV resin is ok but its kinda toxic if not cured really well, epoxy is less of a guessing game imo

4. 2026-10-16 20:33 UTCComment

   I own both and they each have their own use cases. I use my resin printer primarily for miniatures and high detail props. The detail and post processing for resin is hard to beat and for miniatures specifically, it’s nice to be able to print a whole plate full of minis in only a couple hours on my Saturn 4 Ultra. Also makes the end result feel a lot more professional and clean. But resin is an absolute headache to work with and requires a lot of set up for safety concerns which adds a lot of added cost and extra time. Everything else I use my FDM for. I’m still running an old heavily modded ender 3, which still prints incredibly well but is limited by its speed and its small build plate. It’s nice to not have an extreme set up to be able to run prints and be able to prototype different functional parts. You also get quite a lot of mileage out of a 1kg spool roll vs resin IMO and it’s a bit cheaper. The variety of materials you can use in a FDM also helps round out its utility. I think FDM suits more average consumers, especially with a lot of the coreXYZ style printers these days being able to hit very fine resolution but if you’re big into miniatures or fine detail models, resin is hard to beat. I only wish that there were better readily made compounds of resin with stronger properties that didn’t cost an arm and a leg.

5. 2026-10-16 19:56 UTCComment

   Sandpaper? If sanding isn't an option you can use resin or a filler paste/spray